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Climate change and the (new) local plans

Sunday, 24 November 2024, 08:23 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

A consensus is slowly developing on the need to change the local plans which were approved between 1995 and 2006. Yet, while all agree that change is required, there is definitely no agreement as to...

Amandagate: Only in Malta

Sunday, 24 November 2024, 07:36 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

France, June 2017: A regional prosecutor launched a preliminary investigation into nepotism allegations made against Richard Ferrand, a key aide to French President Emmanuel Macron and a cabinet...

The big red army

Sunday, 24 November 2024, 07:35 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

The big red river began at San Anton, flowed down to Hamrun and continued unabated to Valletta. It was mainly AFM, together with others. They made a great show and were admired by all. They were...

A summit in Baku and a debate at the European Parliament

Friday, 22 November 2024, 07:58 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

At the COP29 Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, last week, I stated that climate emergency is one of the most pressing crises the world faces. The devastating floods that killed 200 people in Spain last...

Sceptical

Thursday, 21 November 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

We do well when we refuse to accept with eyes tight shut all that we hear about what is going on in the nation's economic and political life. The perspectives given in all the news that gets to us are...

Legislative changes needed

Thursday, 21 November 2024, 07:28 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Solar access should be a right. The government must seriously consider enacting solar rights legislation. There is an urgent need to introduce a law guaranteeing the right to light. Not only did...

Fragmented

Monday, 18 November 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Economic and social planning as it used to be done years ago is no longer practised. In a market economy, we keep being told, it is not possible to really plan. But whoever is managing a political...

That’s not a pardon

Sunday, 17 November 2024, 08:44 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

"This is no pardon," an angry magistrate exclaimed in court, brandishing a letter sent by the Office of the President to one of hundreds of beneficiaries of allegedly fraudulent disability...

Scraping the barrel in Robert’s Cabinet

Sunday, 17 November 2024, 08:42 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The report from the Commissioner of Standards in Public Life on Clayton Bartolo's then girlfriend, Amanda Muscat, and the report of the Auditor General on the Film Commission were published in the...

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